Interesting signs in Taiwan
Sign in Taipei’s international airport.
It says:
The UN can bring peace in the Taiwan Strait
The founding of the United Nations in 1945 was a committment to peace after years of horrendous war. Now, China openly
threatens Taiwan by passing its “anti-secession law”, which sets the conditions for the use of force against Taiwan. Only the UN can act as a forum for maintaining security and peace.
Please support Taiwan’s participation in the UN.
Sign in an underground railway station:
Bird Flu
In all stations:
Falun Gong
Not surprisingly, there are pro-Falun Gong groups in Taiwan. This one was at the National Palace Museum. The poster is about the self-immolation incident in Tiananmen Square (which Falun gong claims was not suicide):
This one is at Sun Moon Lake:
There is some curious English here and there:
And this:
Recycling
The Taiwanese are much more into recycling than the Singaporeans are:
Smoking
There are many similarities between Taiwan and Japan. This is not surprising, as it was a Japanese colony for 50 years. But one thing that is way better than Japan is the ban on smoking in restaurants:
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See related article: Taiwan – worth a visit.
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